THE  PREMTERIAH  CHURCH 

AND 

THE  FILIPINO 


The  Philippine  Mission 

Manila:  on  the  Island  of  Luzon;  occupied  1899. 
Missionaries — Rev.  James  B.  Rodgers,  V.D.,  and  Mrs. 
Rodgers,  Rev.  George  W.  Wright  and  Mrs.  Wright, 
Jliss  Clyde  Bartholomew,  Rev.  Wm.  B.  Cooke,  Mr. 
Chas.  A.  Gunn  and  Mrs.  Gunn,  Rev.  J.  H.  Lamb 
and  Mrs.  Lamb,  Miss  Emma  J.  Hannan,  Miss  Julia 
M.  Hodge. 

Iloilo:  on  the  Island  of  Panay;  occupied  1900. 
Missionaries — J.  Andrew  Hall,  M.D.,  and  JIrs.  Hall, 
Rev.  Paul  Doltz  and  Mrs.  Doltz,  Miss  A.  P.  Klein. 

Dumaguete:  on  the  Island  of  Negros;  occupied 
1901.  Missionaries — Rev.  David  S.  Hibbard  and 

Mrs.  Hibbard,  H.  W.  Langheim,  M.D.,  and  Mrs. 
Langheim,  Mr.  Charles  A.  Glunz  and  Mrs.  Glunz, 
Mr.  James  P.  Eskridge  and  Mrs.  Eskridge,  Mr.  Wm. 
T.  Holmes  and  Mr.  Carlos  E.  Smith. 

Cebu:  on  the  Island  of  Cebu;  occupied  1902. 
Missionaries — Rev.  Fred  Jansen  and  Mrs.  Jansen, 
Rev.  George  W.  Dunlap  and  Mrs.  Dunlap,  and  Rev. 
Wm.  J.  Smith. 

Laguna:  P.  O.,  Pagsanhan,  on  Laguna  de  Bay, 
Luzon;  occupied  1903.  Missionaries — Rev.  Charles 
R.  Hamilton  and  Mrs.  Hamilton. 

Leyte:  P.  O.,  Tacloban,  on  the  Island  of  Leyte; 
occupied  1903.  Missionaries — Rev.  Charles  E.  Rath 
and  Mrs.  Rath. 

Aleay:  P.  O.,  Legaspi,  in  the  southeastern  part  of 
the  island  of  Luzon;  occupied  1903.  Missionaries — 
Rev.  Roy  II.  Brown  and  Mrs.  Brown,  Robert  W. 
Carter,  M.D.,  and  Mrs.  Carter. 

Tayabas:  P.  O.,  Lucena,  80  miles  southwest  of 
Manila,  on  the  Island  of  Luzon;  occupied  1906.  Mis- 
sionaries— Rev.  Charles  N.  Magill  and  Mrs.  Magill 
Bohol:  P.  O.  Tagbilaran,  on  the  Island  of  Bohol; 
occupied  1909.  Dr.  James  A.  Graham  and  Mrs. 
Graham. 

Camarines:  P.  O.,'  Nueva  Caceres,  on  the  Island 
of  Luzon,  between  the  Provinces  of  Tayabas  and 
Albay;  occupied  1910.  Rev.  Kenneth  P.  MacDonald 
and  Mrs.  JIacDonald. 


THE  PRESBYTERIAN  CHERCH 
AND  THE  FILIPINO 

Mr.  Charles  A.  Guxn 


There  have  been  many  changes  since  the 
-Americans  came,  some  good  and  some  bad. 
Some  of  the  good  ones  are  readily  apparent, 
even  to  the  one-day  tourist,  and  tend  to  add 
to  the  cosmopolitan  interest  of  the  capital 
’’  literally  the  meeting  of  the  East 
and  U est,  the  ancient  and  modern,  to  get  on 
a trolley  car  made  in  Elizabeth,  X.  J.,  equip- 
ped with  a \\  estinghouse  motor,  rolling  over 
steel  rails  from  Pittsburgh:  to  ride  past  half- 
clad  coolies  with  bamboo  rods  over  their 
shoulders  from  which  hang  Standard  Oil  tins 
transtormed  into  water  buckets;  to  see  in 
passing  the  take-your-time-for-winter’s-never- 
comnig  carabao  cart;  to  turn  from  the  Luneta, 
where  you  can  look  across  the  bay  to  the 
scene  of  Dewey’s  encounter  with  the  Span- 
iards. into  the  16th  Century  walled  city  with 
its  narrow  streets  and  old-world  architecture' 
and  then  across  the  Bridge  of  Spain  and  down 
the  bit-y  Escolta  with  its  kaleidoscopic  mi.x- 
ture  ot  peoples  and  costumes— and  almost 
lack  ot  costume.  '1  he  newness  of  it  all  has 
pas.sed  but  the  fascination  remains,  as  it  must 
for  anyone  who  pmes  not  for  an  investment 
of  money  but  an  investment  of  life. 

But  this  is  a time  of  change  in  the  Philip- 
pines m other  ways  that  must  concern  us 
more  protoundly.  The  light  has  been  turned 
on  and  the  opportunities  for  secular  education 
are  beiiig  eagerly  grasped  by  the  Eilipino 
youth.  1 wenty-one-year-old  boys  are  glad  to 
take  positions  as  “house  boys”  for  $2  50  or 
p.On  a month  and  board  if  they  may  be  al- 
lowed to  attend  school  in  the  fourth  or  fifth 
grade  from  7 r.tO  to  noon,  while  others  work 
during'  tile  day  to  go  to  school  in  the  evening. 


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From  the  lowest  grade  up  through  High 
School,  Normal  School  and  University  are 
hundreds  of  thousands  of  children,  acquiring 
an  education  exactly  similar  to  that  of  our 
American  boys  and  girls.  They  fully  believe 
that  knowledge  is  power  and  propose  to  have 
it.  But  just  as  in  other  countries,  new  ideas 
and  changing  beliefs  are  often  accompanied 
by  a tendency  to  discard  beliefs.  The  public 
school  being  divorced  from  religious  training 
places  the  responsibility  for  this  directly  upon 
the  Church  where  it  rightfulh’  belongs,  and 
unless  we  give  the  awakened  minds  of  the 
young  Filipinos  something  better  than  that 
which  they  have  discarded  we  shall  have  sig- 
nally failed  to  do  our  duty  by  them. 

We  Presbyterians  have  a part  in  this  re- 
sponsibility. I should  like  to  show  in  as  few 
words  as  possible  something  of  the  growth  of 
this  branch  of  our  great  foreign  enterprise; 
its  present  equipment  and  cost  of  mainte- 
nance, both  in  men  and  property:  something 
of  the  value  of  the  work  and  its  future  needs, 
as  they  appear  to  one  who  has  only  been  on 
the  field  a year  and  eight  months. 

Bj'  mutual  agreement  among  the  mission- 
aries of  the  ten  societies  (including  the  Y.  M. 
C.  -\.)  at  work  in  the  islands,  we  have  the 
undivided  responsibility  for  12V$  provinces  on 
six  of  the  principal  islands,  besides  a share 
in  the  work  of  the  cit^-  of  Manila.  Our  con- 
stituency embraces  Tagalogs.  Bicols  and  three 
branches  of  ^’isayans. — a total  population  of 
three  and  a half  million,  or  43(K  of  all  the 
Filipinos. 

The  work  started  with  the  sending  of  Dr. 
and  ^Irs.  Rodgers  from  Brazil  in  1S09  and  the 
first  year’s  expense  to  the  Board  was  $9,949. 
This  year  the  number  of  missionaries  is  forty- 
six,  with  three  more  under  appointment, 
the  original  station  at  Manila  has  become  ten 
stations,  and  the  appropriation,  exclusive  of 
new  property,  was  $66,682, — an  increase  of 
seven  and  a half  times  in  fourteen  years.  And 


yet  we,  in  common  no  doubt  with  most  other 
Missions,  are  asking  for  still  larger  grants 
in  order  to  take  advantage  of  the  opportuni- 
ties that  are  visibly  passing  away. 

From  the  outset  this  has  been  a chief  char- 
acteristic of  the  growth  of  the  work,  the  op- 
portunities on  every  side  e.Kceeding  the  ability 
of  the  missionaries  to  take  advantage  of  them. 
The  story,  if  told  in  full,  would  read  like 
a romance.  Even  the  bald  figures  are  fascina- 
ting when  we  remember  that  they  represent 
life.  Over  13, .500  baptized  church  members 
where  fourteen  years  ago  there  were  none; 
one  self-supporting  Chinese  congregation  and 
si.xty-five  Filipino  congregations  contributing 
in  part  to  their  own  support ; 15.5  Sunday 
Schools;  about  150  public  school  students  (e.\- 
clusive  of  Ellinwood  Seminary  and  Silliman 
Institute  students)  living  each  year  in  dormi- 
tories run  under  Christian  influence ; two 
dozen  graduates*  of  Silliman  Institute,  the 
only  school  in  the  Islands  where  Bible  study 
is  a part  of  the  regular  curriculum  and  which 
now  has  an  annual  attendance  of  over  600 
students  and  growing  rapidly;  fourteen  native 
ministers  and  eighty-five  evangelists,  about 
twenty  of  whom  have  been  trained  in  the 
Union  Theological  Seminary  in  Manila;  and 
one  foreign  missionary  working  among  the 
Filipinos  of  the  Hawaiian  Islands.  It  has  al- 
ready changed  the  political  complexion  of  the 
province  in  which  it  is  situated  and  a poli- 
tician recently  remarked  that  “in  ten  years 
Silliman  can  name  every  office  holder  in  Ori- 
ental Negros.” 

I said  the  story  of  the  growth  of  the  work 
would  read  like  a romance.  Let  me  illustrate. 

■A  few  months  ago  I stood  with  Mr.  Jansen 
and  two  others  on  the  beach  at  Campostelle, 

* The  reason  for  the  small  number  of  graduates, 
representing  only  the  last  four  classes,  is  that  there 
is  such  a demand  for  Silliman  students  as  teachers 
that  it  is  hard  to  keep  them  in  school  until  they 
have  completed  the  college  course. 


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fwro?T  I^IIL  yUlLUINl. 


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INDUSTKIM.  STUIIKNTS,  SII.I.IMAN  I N STI TUTK,  l!)i:! 


fifteen  or  twenty  kilometers  north  of  the  city 
of  Cebu.  The  moon  had  risen  a short  time 
before  and  as  we  stood  under  the  cocoanut 
trees  in  the  mixed  twilight  and  moonlight 
of  early  evening,  enjoying  the  sound  of  the 
miniature  waves  on  the  sand,  iMr.  Jansen  told 
of  a prayer  meeting  held  on  that  very  spot 
ten  or  twelve  years  before.  Early  in  the 
meeting  he  became  aware  of  a suppressed 
emotion,  a burden  apparently  weighing  upon 
the  hearts  of  the  people,  and  asked  the  native 
evangelist  at  his  side  the  meaning  of  it.  He 
replied  that  some  days  before  some  members 
of  the  congregation,  relatives  of  persons  pres- 
ent, had  gone  off  in  their  bancas  on  a fishing 
trip  toward  the  island  of  Leyte  and  although 
they  should  have  been  back  before  then  noth- 
ing had  been  heard  of  them  and  it  was  feared 
that  they  had  been  lost  in  a storm. 

Interrupting  the  regular  course  of  the  meet- 
ing, Mr.  Jansen  reminded  them  of  the  verse 
“Cast  thy  burden  upon  the  Lord,  and  he  will 
sustain  thee” : he  pointed  out  that  the  promise 
was  meant  for  just  such  a time  as  tliis  and 
urged  them  to  let  the  Lord  carry  the  burden 
for  them.  They  did  so  and  a new  feeling  of 
peace  and  power  was  evident  in  their  pray- 
ers. Before  the  close  of  the  meeting  the 
bancas  of  the  missing  men  were  seen  on  the 
horizon  and  the  service  which  had  begun  in 
sorrow  closed  in  thanksgiving  to  God  for 
their  deliverance. 

.\t  this  same  town  of  Campostello  the  first 
Protestant  chapel  on  the  island  of  Cebu  was 
dedicated,  and  that  dedicatory  service  led  to 
the  pacification  of  a part  of  Cebu  that  till 
then  had  defied  the  power  of  the  I'nited 
States.  The  mountains  of  Cebu  were  infested 
with  bands  of  pulajanes  (outlaws)  and  their 
sympathizers,  who  had  refused  to  recognize 
the  authoritv  of  oitr  government  and  were  a 
terror  to  all  who  had  to  pass  through  these 
regions.  As  Mr.  Jansen  opened  his  Bible  at 
that  service  he  found  a note  written  by  a 


memljer  of  one  of  those  Ijands  and  addressed 
to  "the  pastor,”  saying  that  some  tracts  and 
scripture  portions  had  come  into  their  posses- 
sion which  had  greath'  interested  them.  They 
wished  to  know  more : would  the  pastor  come 
and  tell  them  more.  He  replied  that  he  would 
but  strongly  advised  them  to  give  themselves 
up  to  the  authorities  first,  leaving  the  note 
where  it  could  be  found  by  the  man  who  had 
brought  the  first  one. 

The  trip  was  arranged  and  guides  conducted 
them  over  difficult  mountain  trails  for  hours 
until  they  came  to  the  outlaws’  camp.  After 
telling  them  more  of  the  Way  in  which  they 
had  become  interested  he  explained  that  they 
could  not  enter  acceptably  the  service  of 
Jesus  Qirist  and  continue  their  present  course 
of  life,  and  again  urged  them  to  give  them- 
selves up  to  the  authorities  and  take  the  oath 
of  allegiance.  Over  400  of  them  agreed  to  do 
so  if  he  would  go  with  them  and  assure  the 
authorities  of  their  good  faith. 

They  were  accepted  by  the  authorities  on 
condition  that  Mr.  Jansen  would  take  charge 
of  them  and  be  responsible  for  their  good 
behavior.  He  organized  them  into  four  re- 
concentrado  camps,  each  in  charge  of  its  own 
tiniente  or  head  man,  and  these  camps  were 
the  beginnings  of  the  small  Protestant  vil- 
lages, scattered  through  the  mountains  of 
Cebu.  During  my  recent  stay  on  that  island, 
I accompanied  ]\Ir.  Jansen  on  a hiking  trip 
to  Paril,  one  of  these  mountain  villages, 
and  secured  a picture  of  the  congrega- 
tion which  gathered  for  the  Saturday  night 
and  Sunday  services.  Some  of  these  people 
had  traveled  on  foot  for  eight  or  ten  hours 
to  get  to  the  meetings,  carrying  their  supplies 
on  their  heads  and  in  some  cases  little  babies, 
Filipino  fashion,  astride  their  hips.  All  of 
those  shown  in  the  picture  are  either  former 
members  of  the  pulajane  bands  or  sympathiz- 
ers with  them,  a former  lieutenant  being  the 
leading  elder  in  the  Paril  congregation. 


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mountain  CONOKICGATION  AT  I’AKIL,  QCUU 


Whole  pages  of  stories  might  be  written  of 
similar  experiences  in  other  parts  of  the 
Islands,  insurrectos  becoming  government 
supporters,  old  enemies  becoming  friends  and 
co-workers,  hatred  of  "Protestantes’’  and  fear 
of  the  “Protestante”  Bible  changing  to  won- 
der at  the  new  spirit  of  the  converts ; that 
wonder  changing  to  curiosity  to  see  what 
there  was  in  the  Book  to  work  such  a trans- 
formation, and  the  curiosity  in  turn  yielding 
to  the  gracious  work  of  the  Spirit  through  the 
printed  page.  My  own  mail  is  largely  on 
financial  matters  but  every  now  and  then  I 
find  such  a sentence  as  this  in  a letter,— 
“we  baptized  eleven  in  Palangui  and  Dr.  Car- 
ter had  a great  clinic" ; or,  “I  was  in  Kabana- 
ghan  last  week  end;  baptized  twenty."  Only 
one  more  instance  must  be  given  of  the  many, 
to  show  the  indirect  evangelistic  influence  of 
the  educational  work. 

Eight  or  ten  years  ago,  two  brothers,  Hen- 
rique  and  Restituto  iMalahay,  went  for  a year 
or  two  to  Silliman  Institute  and  then,  with- 
out having  finished  their  course,  returned  to 
their  home  in  Guijulngan,  not  many  kilo- 
meters away  on  the  island  of  Negros.  With- 
out direct  aid  from  missionary  or  evangelist 
but  inspired  by  their  brief  sta%'  in  the  Insti- 
tute, they  organized  a Protestant  congregation 
which  has  grown  under  their  leadership  to 
over  1,100  persons.  The  two  brothers  have 
recently  been  ordained  to  the  ministry  but 
during  those  years  of  growth  in  the  Guijuln- 
gan congregation  the  only  outside  assistance 
rendered  has  been  the  occasional  visit  of  mis- 
sionari'  or  evangelist  to  baptize  and  receive 
new  memliers  into  the  Church  fellowship. 

What  of  the  equipment  with  which  the 
Presbyterian  Church  is  conducting  its  Philip- 
pine enterprise?* 

On  the  island  of  Luzon  we  have  rive  sta- 
tions,— Manila,  Laguna,  Tayabas,  Albay  and 


* Xote — See  inside  page  of  front  cover. 


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A MOUNTAIN  CAVE,  TAYAHAS  PROVINCE 

wiili  group  of  worshippers  of  the  “Colcrunis”— an  heretical  Catholic  sect- Leader  (with  candle)  and  his  family 


Camarines, — the  first  three  being  in  the  Taga- 
log  district  and  the  last  two  in  the  Bicol.  In 
Laguna,  Tayabas  and  Camarines,  each  cover- 
ing an  entire  province  averaging  nearly  half 
the  size  of  Connecticut  and  cared  for  by 
one  missionary  family,  there  is  not  a dollar’s 
worth  of  land  or  buildings  belonging  to  the 
Mission.  Over  in  Laguna,  the  province  made 
famous  for  tourists  by  its  picturesque  gorge 
and  water-fall  at  Pagsanjan,  Dr.  Hamilton 
has  not  even  so  much  as  a dispensary.  In 
Tayabas,  the  home  of  the  Colorums,  a small 
hut  strange  sect  who  believe  that  the  hob- 
spots  connected  with  the  last  week  of  Christ’s 
life  on  earth  are  located  right  there  on  Mt. 
Christobal.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Magill  may  itiner- 
ate through  2,400  square  miles  of  most  beau- 
tiful cocoanut  country,  with  a parish  of  over 
200,000  people,  but  when  they  get  back  home  it 
is  to  a rented  house  in  which  they  have  the 
nucleus  of  a dormitory, — for  there  are  generally 
four  or  five  school  children  living  with  them. 
In  Camarines,  a province  of  equal  size  and 
population,  the  MacDonalds’  rented  a house 
large  enough  to  establish  a full  fledged  dor- 
mitory in  their  own  home,  in  which  there 
are  now  twenty  to  twenty-five  students.  -A.11 
of  these  stations  should  have  land,  residences, 
chapels,  and  possibly  hospitals  later  on  if  the 
work  should  prove  advisable,  both  for  the  sake 
of  greater  efficiency  in  the  work  and  also  to 
give  them  greater  permanency  and  influence 
in  the  eyes  of  a people  who  have  been  trained 
for  hundreds  of  years  to  judge  of  the  value 
of  their  religion, — in  part  at  least, — by  its 
visible  manifestations. 

The  Albav  station  covers  the  provinces  of 
Albay  and  Sorsogon,  about  the  size  of  Rhode 
Island  and  having  a population  of  over 
3.50.000.  The  Mission  owns  a house  at  Le- 
gaspi  which  is  used  at  present  by  Dr.  Carter 
as  residence  and  dispensary,  costing  about 
$.5,000,  and  a small  chapel  two  miles  away  in 
the  city  of  Albay  which  cost,  with  the  ground 


on  which  it  stands,  $465.  In  addition  an  ap- 
propriation of  $4,100  is  available  for  a hos- 
pital (for  which  there  is  not  yet  any  land)  and 
an  appropriation  of  about  $650  for  dormitory 
purposes,  the  latter  work  being  carried  on  at 
present  in  a rented  house.  Until  recently  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Brown  were  alone  in  this  station, 
Dr.  and  ^Irs.  Carter  having  been  transferred 
there  a few  months  ago  from  Leyte.  There  is 
immediate  need  for  more  land,  another  resi- 
dence and  the  completion  of  the  dormitory 
fund,  the  more  so  as  land  is  increasingly  hard 
to  secure  in  Albay  at  satisfactory  prices. 

Manila,  the  oldest  of  the  ten  stations,  in  ad- 
dition to  its  special  work  in  Manila  where  we 
join  with  Methodists  and  United  Brethren  in 
conducting  a Union  Bible  Seminary  and  where 
we  also  have  a Girls’  Bible  Training  School  and 
dormitories  for  both  sexes ; is  responsible  for 
the  evangelistic  work  in  Cavite  and  Batangas 
provinces,  with  a population  of  over  400.000. 
Excluding  the  Mission  Treasurer,  who  resides 
in  Manila  but  belongs  to  all  the  stations,  there 
are  three  missionary  families  and  three  single 
women,  besides  the  wife  of  the  Treasurer  who 
assists  the  women  in  the  Gitls’  School  as  time 
will  permit. 

In  the  Tondo  district  of  Manila  we  have 
a good-sized  frame  church  for  Filipinos  and 
in  the  Ermita  district  the  Emerson  Memorial 
concrete  chapel  for  the  Anferican  congrega- 
tion, the  latter  being  practically  an  indepen- 
dent work  with  only  a sympathetic  connection 
with  the  Mission.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Rodgers,  the 
pioneer  missionaries  of  the  Philippines,  oc- 
cupy the  only  residence  in  Manila  belonging 
to  the  Mission.  Ellinwood  Seminary  and 
Ellinwood  Girls’  Bible  Training  School,  to- 
gether with  their  respective  dormitories,  oc- 
cupy frame  buildings,  and  there  is  sufficient 
land  adjoining  for  a modest  assortment  of 
tennis  and  volley  ball  courts  for  the  students. 
The  buildings,  which  have  served  their  pur- 
pose well,  were  limited  by  the  amount  of  the 


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FIRST  GRADUATES  OF  THE  ELLINWOOD  SCHOOL 
FOR  GIRLS 


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original  appropriations  to  wood  construction 
and  are  now  showing  with  increasing  rapidity 
the  effect  of  rot  and  tropical  insects,  requiring 
constant  repair.  Sooner  or  later  they  must 
be  replaced  by  reinforced  concrete, — the  only 
satisfactory  construction  in  this  country  of 
earthquakes  and  vegetable  deca}'. 

Meanwhile  the  dormitories  have  been  over- 
crowded and  land  has  been  purchased  a block 
away  for  a new  Girls’  School,  $17,000  of  the 
necessary  $20,000  being  already  appropriated 
toward  the  new  concrete  building.  \\'hen  this 
is  erected  the  two  existing  buildings  will  be 
used  by  the  Seminary  and  boys’  dormitory. 
Exclusive  of  the  unexpended  appropriation 
above  referred  to  and  the  Emerson  Chapel, 
the  total  investment  in  Manila  station  for  per- 
manent equipment  is  about  $40,000.  .As  rents 
are  very  higli  here  we  should  have  the  land 
and  cottages  wliich  now  separate  the  ground 
of  the  Ellinwood  Seminary  and  dormitory 
from  the  ground  of  the  new  Girls'  School, 
thus  bringing  all  the  missionaries  of  this  sta- 
tion into  one  compound  and  saving  $1,600  rent 
annually.  There  should  also  be  a progressive 
appropriation  for  changing,  a wing  at  a time, 
the  present  decaying  wooden  buildings  to 
concrete. 

Turning  now  to  the  "Visayan  stations  of 
Leyte,  Bohol,  Cebu,  Iloilo  and  Dumaguete,  we 
find  that  each  of  the  first  three  occupies  all  of  a 
large  island,  while  Iloilo  and  Dumaguete  oc- 
cupy half  of  Panay  and  Negros  respectively, 
the  other  halves  being  under  the  care  of  the 
Baptist  Church. 

Leyte  station  has  one  missionary  family 
and  no  property  except  a lot  in  Tacloban 
given  by  the  missionary  himself.  .An  appro- 
priation of  approximately  $1,000  has  recently 
been  made  to  replace  the  chapel  which  was 
also  given  by  Air.  Rath  but  destroyed  by  a 
typhoon  several  years  ago.  The  total  invest- 
ment, exclusive  of  the  unspent  appropriation, 
is  about  $.')00.  To  properly  carry  on  the  work 


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Leyte  needs  more  land,  a residence  and  a 
dormitory,  in  addition  to  the  chapel  already 
provided  for. 

Bohol  station,  with  one  missionary  family, 
has  a*  new  hospital  costing  nearl}'  $4,000,  a 
small  chapel  costing  $500  (both  of  wood), 
and  has  a concrete  residence  under  way,  to 
cost  $4,000.  all  in  Tagbilaran,  the  provincial 
capital.  Land  is  cheap  in  Bohol  and  that 
under  the  above  buildings  plus  a tract  a short 
distance  down  the  shore  only  cost  $200,  in 
spite  of  the  fact  that  it  commands  a view  of 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  little  bays  to  be 
found  anywhere.  A dormitory  would  complete 
the  present  necessary  equipment  of  this  station. 

At  Iloilo  we  share  with  the  Baptists  in  the 
joint  ownership  of  the  Sabine  Haines  Memo- 
rial Hospital  property,  the  buildings  being 
partly  of  wood  and  partly  of  concrete,  the 
whole  property  representing  a Presbyterian 
investment  of  about  $21,000.  The  hospital  is 
self-supporting  and  includes  in  its  work  a 
training  school  for  nurses,  the  first  of  its  kind 
in  the  Islands.  Our  force  in  Iloilo  consists 
of  two  missionary  families  and  one  trained 
nurse,  caring  not  only  for  the  hospital  work 
and  extensive  itineration  over  half  the  island 
but  also  dormitory  work  in  Iloilo.  This  work 
could  be  more  advantageously  carried  on  if 
we  had  more  land,  a dormitory  and  two  resi- 
dences for  our  missionaries.  The  hospital 
needs  a union  office  and  dispensary,  nurses' 
home  and  laundry,  part  of  which  they  can 
finance  on  the  field. 

Cebu  station  bought  some  years  ago  a very 
desirable  piece  of  property  in  what  was  then 
the  outskirts  of  the  city.  It  is  now  enjoying 
the  rare  sensation  of  erecting  five  buildings 
in  one  year. — two  residences,  two  dormitories 
and  a church. — all  of  reinforced  concrete.  To  l>e 
accurate  a sixth  should  be  added,  for  throu.gh 
the  generosity  of  Bishop  Fallows  a $250 
shower  bath  and  locker  building  is  being 
built  for  the  use  of  school  boys  not  in  the 


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dormitory.  The  net  cost  of  land  and  build- 
ings when  complete  will  be  $35,500.  Cebu 
has  waited  long  for  this  development  and  the 
missionaries  are  making  the  most  of  it  now 
that  it  has  come.  The  equipment  is  ample 
for  present  needs  but  the  work  is  growing 
and  additions  to  the  “Sneed  Dormitory  for 
Boys”  will  be  needed  in  the  future. 

Last  of  all,  far  to  the  south  on  the  coral 
sands  of  the  Mindinao  Sea,  is  Diimaguete 
station,  almost  synonymous  in  the  minds  of 
most  people  with  Silliman  Institute,  although 
it  conducts  evangelistic  work  up  and  down 
the  coast  of  Oriental  Negros  and  even  on  the 
little  island  of  Siquijor.  Tlie  Institute  is  a 
monument  to  the  late  Dr.  Horace  B.  Silliman, 
who  gave  most  of  the  money  for  its  buildings 
and  equipment  and  an  additional  sum  for 
endowment,  the  interest  on  which  partially 
provides  for  the  annual  repairs  and  upkeep. 

Although  it  has  more  students  than  many 
of  our  American  colleges,  330  of  whom  are 
internos  or  dormitory  students,  Silliman  is 
housed  in  a combination  dormitory,  assembly 
hall  and  classroom  building  two  and  one-half 
stories  high,  with  a one-story  dining  room  and 
kitchen  annex ; a small  one-story  concrete 
laboratory  of  two  rooms  for  the  use  of  chem- 
istry, physics,  zoology  and  botany  classes;  and 
a two-story  frame  shop  and  annex.  In  addi- 
tion, a house  belonging  to  ex-Governor  Lorena, 
one  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  has  been 
rented  to  the  Institute  for  dormitory  and 
classroom  purposes.  Besides  the  buildings 
above  mentioned  in  use  by  the  Institute  there 
are  four  frame  residences  for  missionaries, 
a fifth  in  process  of  erection  and  a small 
frame  hospital  which  ministers  to  all  comers 
both  in  and  out  of  the  Institute.  The  land, 
including  athletic  field  and  school  gardens, 
comprises  about  22  acres,  besides  a small  farm 
two  kilometers  distant,  upon  which  an  agri- 
cultural department  will  be  established  when 
there  is  money  to  equip  and  man  it. 


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Turning  now  to  the  human  equipment  which 
is  all-important  for  a work  of  this  kind  we 
find  first  of  all  that  Silliman  covers  the  entire 
curriculum  from  third  grade  through  High 
School  and  two  years  of  college,  conferring 
upon  graduates  the  degree  of  A.B.  The 
work  is  all  based  upon  government  standards 
and  measured  by  those  standards  ranks  sec- 
ond to  none  in  the  Islands. 

What  should  be  the  size  of  the  facultj'  for 
carrying  on  the  110  daily  recitations  of  such 
a school  together  with  the  attendant  prepara- 
tion and  administrative  work?  In  public 
schools  we  should  not  consider  eighteen  teach- 
ers and  one  principal,  giving  entire  time  to 
the  work,  too  man3'  for  such  a task  and  in 
colleges  the  faculty  would  be  much  larger.  In 
Silliman,  including  the  wives  of  the  mission- 
aries who  have  some  other  duties  to  perform, 
and  the  doctor  who  treats  about  1,500  cases 
a month  in  addition  to  his  teaching,  there 
are  eleven  American  and  one  Filipino  teach- 
ers, with  one  more  American  under  appoint- 
ment. In  addition  some  help  is  given  in  the 
elementary  grades  by  undergraduate  work 
students. 

One  of  the  missionaries  who  is  no  busier 
than  the  rest  conducts  eight  recitations  daily, 
superintends  the  Silliman  printing  press  in- 
volving the  proofreading  of  a million  and  a 
half  pages  annually,  takes  his  turn  at  con- 
ducting Sunday  and  chapel  services  and 
serves  as  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
School.  His  spare  hours  are  occupied  in 
writing  a new  text-book.  His  work  com- 
mences at  7 :45  in  the  morning  and  ends  when 
it  is  necessani'  to  go  to  bed  at  night,  and  that 
within  ten  degrees  of  the  equator.  And  he 
likes  his  job! 

Dumaguete's  need  for  farm  equipment  has 
already  been  touched  upon.  If  we  add  to  this 
a new  science  building  and  dormitorj-  to  sup- 
plement the  over-crowded  buildings  now  in 
use  we  shall  just  be  ready  to  consider  the 


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advance  which  to  Dumagueteites  seems  unes- 
capable,  and  that  is  the  establishment  of  a 
girls’  dormitory  and  the  admission  of  the 
boys’  sisters  on  the  same  terms  as  the  boys 
themselves  enjoy.  Already  there  are  eight  or 
ten  girls  from  the  town  in  the  classes  and 
the  demand  from  outside  is  urgent.  The  ex- 
pense of  broadening  Silliman  into  a co-edu- 
cational  institution  would  be  far  less  than 
the  establishment,  de  novo,  of  a girls’  school 
in  the  Visayas,  while  it  would  be  in  entire 
harmony  with  the  public  school  system  which 
is  co-educational  from  the  kindergarten 
through  the  University. 

I have  said  nothing  of  the  fact  that  in  the 
early  days  of  the  Mission  $470  was  invested 
in  a tract  of  four  or  five  acres  in  Baguio,  the 
summer  capital  of  the  Philippines,  5,000  feet 
above  sea  level,  and  that  we  are  now  for  the 
first  time  asking  $1,250  to  build  a rest  house 
where  missionaries  may  build  up  exhausted 
vitality  in  the  cooler  air  of  the  pine  belt,  as 
some  might  think  that  did  not  so  directly 
concern  the  missionary  work. 

Before  concluding  I must  call  attention  to 
one  feature  which  is  perhaps  peculiar  to  the 
Philippine  Mission, — the  dormitory  work.  It 
is  the  natural  outgrowth  of  the  application  of 
the  American  public  school  system  to  the 
Islands.  Every  provincial  capital  has  its  High 
School  and  the  graduates  of  the  intermediate 
schools  gather  here  for  their  advanced  work. 
The  opportunity  to  furnish  a Christian  home 
to  the  brightest  of  the  oncoming  generation — 
“the  future  leaders’’ — is  too  obvious  to  re- 
quire comment.  Years  ago  Dr.  Barrows,  then 
Director  of  Education,  said  to  one  of  our 
missionaries,  “You  people  are  missing  a great 
opportunity  in  not  providing  more  dormi- 
tories. The  government  is  not  in  a position 
to  do  this  work  but  would  welcome  it  on 
the  part  of  the  Churches.”  More  recently 
Vice-Governor  Gilbert,  the  present  Director 
of  Education,  told  Dr.  Rader  of  the  Metho- 


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dist  Mission  and  i\Ir.  Wright  of  the  satisfac- 
tion which  the  government  took  in  the  work 
of  the  jVIethodist  and  Ellinwood  (Presby- 
terian) dormitories  on  account  of  the  high 
ranking  of  the  students  from  those  dormi- 
tories and  urged  the  extension  of  the  work. 
The  government  is  now  erecting  a girls’  dor- 
mitory, a three-storj-  concrete  building,  for  the 
Normal  School  girls  in  Manila,  but  nothing 
of  the  kind  is  planned  for  the  boys.  On 
the  other  hand,  the  value  placed  upon  this 
evangelistic  agency  by  others  is  shown  by  the 
fine  building  recently  erected  in  Manila  by  the 
Episcopal  Church,  and  the  $90,000  Student 
Building  now  being  erected  by  the  Y.  M.  C. 
-A.,  which  will  not  only  provide  dormitories 
but  also  reading  room,  dining  hall,  gymnasium 
and  swimming  pool  facilities  for  the  students 
from  other  dormitories  as  well.  A separate 
City  building  will  provide  dormitory  and  night 
school  classes  for  local  Filipinos  in  the  busi- 
ness world,  nearly  half  of  the  total  cost  of 
the  two  buildings  being  subscribed  with  en- 
thusiasm here  in  the  Islands. 

If  further  testimony  is  needed  as  to  the 
value  of  the  work  it  may  be  had  from  the 
lips  of  Father  Monaghan  of  the  Catholic 
Church,  who  said  in  an  address  before  the 
National  Convention  of  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus at  Colorado  Springs,  August  7th,  1912, — 
after  pleading  for  the  establishment  and  sup- 
port of  a student  Qiapel : — “A  dormitory 
building  is  needed  in  Manila.  To  be  effective 
and  self-supporting  it  must  accommodate  five 
hundred  students.  When  this  is  done  the  best 
of  the  students — the  ones  worth  having — will 
come  to  us.  Their  influence  in  the' schools  and 
in  their  native  towns  will  check  the  work  of 
perversion  that  is  now  going  on.  Eventually 
we  must  have  a chapel  and  dormitory  in  every 
provincial  capital  in  tlie  Islands : but  we  are 
now  talking  of  Manila  alone.  To  erect  such 
a building  we  must  have  at  least  $150,000,  for 
the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  are  just  now  putting  nearly 


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$200,000  of  American  contributions  into 
buildings  for  the  same  purpose.” 

Are  there  some  of  my  readers  who  think 
the  request  for  $16.5,000  worth  of  additional 
equipment  for  the  Philippine  ilission  an  ex- 
travagant one?  The  Y.  M.  C.  A.  is  spending 
more  than  that  on  two  buildings  for  Filipinos 
in  the  city  of  Manila  alone.  Are  there  any 
to  whom  $40,000  seems  large  for  additional 
dormitory  equipment  ? 

I wish  I could  get  the  attention  of  every 
layman  in  the  Presbyterian  Church.  “Gentle- 
men,” I would  say,  “this  is  an  important 
branch  of  your  King’s  business.  Its  success 
depends  not  upon  material  equipment  but  upon 
the  work  of  the  Spirit.  Nevertheless  the 
Spirit  works  through  human  agencies  and 
material  equipment  and  there  is  a close  con- 
nection between  good  equipment  and  good 
dividends.  From  patriotic  as  well  as  religious 
viewpoint  the  work  of  the  Presbyterian 
Qnirch  in  the  Philippines  is  worth  while ; it 
is  well  x^’orflt  while;  yes,  gentlemen,  IT  IS 
TREIMEXDOUSLY  WORTH  W'HILE.” 


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Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
of  the 

Presbyterian  Church  in  the  U.  S.  A. 
156  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York 


October,  1913 
Form  2025 


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